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uyer and seller activity created balanced market conditions within the region, we also experienced some upward pressure on home prices over the course of the year,” Ray Harris, REBGV president said.
The MLS® Home Price Index composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver ends the year at $638,500. This represents a 5.8 per cent increase compared to December ...

The Secret of Giving
Ah yes, 'tis the season of good cheer and good will. And you may find, these will be the most enjoyed and appreciated gifts to give anyone this time of year, or any time of year.
According to Deepak Chopra's best-selling book, "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success", the second of the seven laws is the Law of Giving and Receiving. It states:
"The universe ...

The Secret of Giving
Ah yes, 'tis the season of good cheer and good will. And you may find, these will be the most enjoyed and appreciated gifts to give anyone this time of year, or any time of year.
According to Deepak Chopra's best-selling book, "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success", the second of the seven laws is the Law of Giving and Receiving. It states:
"The universe ...

Just bought a new property? Tired of expensive bills from your TV and internet? I'm proud to introduce to you an exclusive offer from Telus on behalf of Realtors® for new clients. For a limited only, new Telus clients will receive the follow:
Optik TV, Internet and Home Phone for $15/month each product for 12 months when they sign up for 3 years
2 free credits for Movies On ...

When buying a home, it is highly important you are getting full disclosure on the property. The B.C. Real Estate Association is working to make that information easier for Realtors to access to ensure the protection of their buyers. I think anyone who is thinking of purchasing real estate can feel good about this. You are in good hands. What do you think?

CTV British Columbia Published Monday, August 12, 2013 10:00AM PDT
The Fair at the PNE August 17 – September 2, 2013
Since 1910 fairgoers from across BC and around the world have made The Fair at the PNE their beloved annual end-of-summer tradition and the largest ticketed event in the province. This year The Fair at the PNE is proud to unveil a multi-million dollar entertainment ...

Tonight, it's Thailand's turn in the spotlight.
STEPHEN HUI
Thailand's fireworks show Tonight, the Honda Celebration of Light continues with Thailand setting off its fireworks in English Bay.
Worker triumphs against teaching branch Beverly Maxwell has won a B.C. Supreme Court judgment worth more than $300,000 after she was wrongfully terminated from the B.C. College ...

BY VANCITY BUZZ | 3 DAYS AGO | SPEAK UP
Want to know what hotel One Direction is staying at while they are in Vancouver?
Our sources have told us that they are staying at the Opus Hotel (322 Davie Street) in Yaletown. Naturally, they will be moving elsewhere before their concert at Rogers Arena tomorrow night.
Update: little “1Directioner” ...

The outcome looks laughable, but cleaning up this chemical mess will cost the family thousands.
The Rush family in Ponca City, Oklahoma woke up on July 13th to see that their pool water, normally blue, was bright yellow.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/mystery-substance-turns-family-pool-212416353.html?vp=1

Ring the bells, sound the horn and celebrate like you’re a card-carrying member of the Royal Family: The long-awaited arrival of William and Kate’s first child is finally here.
Prince William and his glowing wife Kate Middleton have announced the birth of their first child — the great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. The declaration is bound to set of celebrations across the Commonwealth, ...

Superman is coming back, and he'll have a caped co-star.
Man of Steel director Zack Snyder made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con on Saturday to announce he is making another Superman film and it will include Batman — the first time the two superheroes will be united on the big screen.
He declined to reveal many details, saying the script is just being written. He then invited an ...

The hype may not rival the royal wedding, but preparations for the birth of the royal baby are quietly underway in B.C.
At The Celtic Treasure Chest in Delta, a store that sells British food and souvenirs, owner Steve McVittie is planning to sell royal baby gifts, but says it’s tough to order memorabilia when little is known about the child.
“With the royal wedding you had ...

We’re nosy here at the Riot, and we like to talk about all the aspects of the reading life…even the ones we might be a little bit embarrassed to own up to. So last week, we asked you to confess the books you pretend you’ve read. It’s good to get these things out in the open!
828 readers completed the survey, listing 412 unique titles. We’ve ...

Two hours after she was abducted from the front yard of her apartment complex, 5-year-old Jocelyn Rojas of Pennsylvania was found safe—by two teenage boys on bicycles. One of the boys, 15-year-old Temar Boggs, is now being hailed as a hero, the Huffington Post reports.
As police and firefighters scoured the area surrounding Lancaster Township on Thursday, Temar asked a friend, ...

While the royal family is staying mum as the world awaits the birth of the royal baby, at least one member of England's elite so popular he is nearly a royal is spilling the beans.
Click HERE for Everything You Need to Know About the Royal Baby
"They're going to be amazing parents because they are so loving towards children," soccer superstarDavid Beckham told Sky News in a new interview. ...

A U.S. father learned the hard way why children shouldn't play with smartphones when his 14-month-old daughter used his iPhone to buy a car listed on the online auction site.
Luckily for Paul Stoute, of Oregon, the car in question was a classic 1962 Austin Healy Sprite in serious need of care and attention, meaning that his daughter's winning bid of just $202 plus delivery ($225 in total) didn't ...

To the editor:
Re: "Godzilla invades East Fraserlands," July 3.
The filming of the Godzilla movie created another problem besides nightime helicopter buzzing of residential communities. For weeks this spring, this production was filming at the Highview Lookout on the Cypress Bowl Road. They had a permit allowing three-minute road closures alternating with openings. Personal experience and ...

Looking for summer fun? Look local. Kitsilano hosts Khatsahlano! Music & Arts Festival, one of Vancouver’s best summer events, Saturday, July 13. Khatsahlano boasts a packed line-up with 50 local bands on 10 stages, an artisan market, food trucks and more. The event is free. The band roster is overstimulating. In fact, it’s Vancouver’s largest free music event ...

A driver with a dashboard camera caught shocking video of a cube truck pulling an unsafe lane change on Monday and running a car with a mother and her two kids inside right off of Highway 1 near Langley.
The video shows the woman in the sedan signaling a lane change at the 0.57 mark to try to get around the truck. As she pulls into his blind spot in the right lane, the truck driver also decides ...

If the thought of spiders makes your skin crawl, you might find it reassuring that the chances of being bitten by a spider are smaller than you imagine, recent research shows.
Most so-called "spider bites" are not actually spider bites, according to researchers and several recent studies. Instead, "spider bites" are more likely to be bites or stings from other arthropods such as fleas, skin reactions ...

For the past six years, Google Street View has been taking users, virtually, to places they may not otherwise be able to go. Today, it expands its universe to places that don’t actually exist.
The Street View application has just added 360 degree views of Diagon Alley, the fictional cobblestone wizarding marketplace from the Harry Potter books and films, where all manner of magical paraphernalia ...

Fans line up outside Tom Lee Music on Granville Street for a chance to meet KISS. (MIKE SANDERS/ 24 HOURS)
Legendary rock band KISS (Eric Singer, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Gene Simmons) promote their "Monster" tour and the opening of their KISS ARMY DEPOT pop up store at Tom Lee Music in Vancouver Thursday, July 4.

Wedding season is among us and with that comes legions of advice from etiquette experts on how to navigate the tricky waters of such a formal occasion. What's one person's norm is another person's pet peeve. All the more reason we need formal rules to give us guidance, right?
Yet some rules are just blatantly obvious and go without saying, like never ever be ungrateful for a wedding ...

Galloping onto the big screen this week is a Western icon and a star of TV and radio who first sprung to life some 80 years ago. (Here, for your viewing pleasure, is the pleasantly uncomplicated opening of TV's The Lone Ranger).
Now, you might be asking why — in 2013 — Disney and Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2 and 3 director Gore Verbinski decided to reboot the tale ...

VANCOUVER (NEW1130) – Some people will take time to appreciate what it means to be Canadian July 1 with perhaps an old fashioned barbecue, or taking in some fireworks.
Thousands of local Christians will be celebrating the country’s birthday at Rogers Arena.
The event is called Voices Together, the very first time hundreds of local Christian churches are getting together in the ...

Take that, Ottawa: Vancouver tops you when it comes to the best spots to celebrateCanada Day.
A Hotwire.com survey found that Vancouver is the second-most-booked destination for the national holiday. (Toronto takes first place.)
So, you're in Vanncouver for Canada Day. Now what should you do?
If it's fireworks you're after, head to Canada Place, where the sky over Burrard Inlet ...

It’s time to fire up the grill! Hotdogs are a summer favourite, but they’re often filled with sodium, additives and fat. On this episode of The Perfect Bite, host Andrea Jenna is joined by registered dietitian Doug Cook. They take a look at five popular hotdog brands to find out which is the healthiest and tastiest option.
But is there such a thing as a hotdog that is actually ...

Earlier this week, 66-year-old actor James Woods attended the premiere of “White House Down” with his new girlfriend, 20-year-old Kristen Bauguess. Yes, you read that right – she’s a whopping 46 years younger than him.
On Thursday night, “Glee” star Matthew Morrison, 34, got engaged to his girlfriend of two years, 26-year-old model Renee Puenete. ...

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act has resulted in one of the New Yorker's more memorable covers.
On it, Sesame Street residents Bert and Ernie cuddle on the couch while watching the announcement on television.
Of course, the rumors of Bert and Ernie being more than roommates is nothing new (more on that later). But neither, it seems, is the artwork on the New ...

Many politicians are jumping on social media to connect with their public and bolster their public profile. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken things one step further, and turned himself into a cartoon character, so voters can help him, uh, be a better politician by turning him into Superman. In a new game for smartphones and tablets, Abe Pyon (translation: ‘Abe Hops’), ...

It started as a funny moment on the Noon News Hour, but it has now become an international viral hit.
Global BC meteorologist Kristi Gordon, who has a big fear of spiders, got an unexpected visit from a creepy crawly critter during a live broadcast on Friday.
But the ironic part was that the spider was not even in the same room.
It crawled onto Global’s tower cam in downtown Vancouver ...

Who ever said a dog is man’s best friend?
In a charming YouTube video posted earlier this year, it’s a long-haired cat that cuddles up beside a baby, wraps its paw around the infant’s arm and holds on tight.
Set to a soothing tune fit for a lullaby, the video – called “Cat loves Baby AWW” – has stacked up more than 1.6 million views since ...

An engaging debate about a term that no one probably thought would still be relevant ten years after its introduction. It seems that this term has occupied a previously empty space in the social lexicon, not quite the almost childishly plain 'yummy mummy' and the blatantly mocking 'cougar.' In many ways, in its mainstream usage this term has become the standard description of a 'hot mom': ...

Supermoon Sunday is nearly here.
NASA says the moon will be closer to the Earth tomorrow than at any other time during the year - in fact, the upcoming Supermoon will be the closest encounter between the Earth and the moon until August 2014.
"The moon will reach its closest distance to the Earth at exactly 7:32 am (EDT), but because it will be peaking in the early morning hours, both 22 June ...

The Competition Bureau has laid criminal charges against Nestle, Mars, and a company called ITWAL Ltd. for conspiring to fix the price of chocolate in Canada higher than it should otherwise be.
ITWAL is a national network of independent wholesale distributors.
The three companies, and three high-ranking executives who work for them, have been charged with conspiracy under Canada's Competition ...

Is Cap’n Crunch getting demoted to Commander Crunch?
A debate is currently raging online about whether or not Cap’n Horatio Magellan Crunch — a.k.a. cereal mascot Cap’n Crunch — is really in fact a captain.
The debate was started when an image surfaced on Imgur.com that shows the “Cap’n” with only three stripes on his sleeve, which is traditionally ...

Dave Cohen Reporting
The Wall Street Journal has put a spotlight on an odd controversy that has some people on the Internet and in the Navy all worked up. The question: Is Cap'n Crunch really a captain? "A new scandal is consuming the U.S. Navy and one of the world's most venerated captains: Cap'n Crunch," the Journal writes. "The legendary cereal icon's status as a captain ...

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